Jason72Bronco
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1972, 302, mostly stock.
My task is to remove a bolt that holds on the power steering pump and bracket, and the bracket that holds the p/s fluid cooler to the block. Sounds simple enough right?
Setup: From front of engine bay looking back, p/s bracket has four holes: two on the left attach bracket to block through the water pump housing, lower right is the adjustment screw attached to bracket and pump, and the fourth (The Bolt) is a long bolt attaching pump and brackets to the block is the one giving me trouble.
The Bolt: Looking from front it has visible threads on its end and is about 6 inches long, with a 9/16 nut (not a bolt head). After the nut, The Bolt travels through first hole in pump, after which you can see the bolt without threads (here you can see if it is turning), then it travels through second hold in the p/s pump, through a 1" metal bushing, through the cooler bracket and into the block.
Attempts: Obviously, when I attempt to remove the nut closest to the front, the nut moves but the bolt does not, so the nut is free to just come off. To get the bolt to turn, I attach a second nut to the bolt and tighten it against the first nut so it (hopefully) will not move, but the bolt will move instead. It works, but is very, very tight and I can only get the bolt to back out one full rotation before I cannot budge it anymore. Using lots of penetrating oil and I have removed the "adjustment nut" to make sure it was not causing The Bolt to bind. I cannot get The Bolt out.
Stumped: I'm assuming that The Bolt is threaded into the block, so does that mean that it has threads at both ends? (So really a big stud, not a bolt? Why the heck would someone do that?). Are the two holes on the pump itself threaded, or is The Bolt just going through them? Here is the most odd part: I was able to loosen the bolt one full turn, and there is enough play now that the pump can be moved up and down and the pump, the bushing and the cooler bracket are loose enough to jiggle, move and turn freely at the block. It seems like what is "frozen" is The Bolt where it goes through the closest hold in the pump, not at the block?
Thoughts please?
My task is to remove a bolt that holds on the power steering pump and bracket, and the bracket that holds the p/s fluid cooler to the block. Sounds simple enough right?
Setup: From front of engine bay looking back, p/s bracket has four holes: two on the left attach bracket to block through the water pump housing, lower right is the adjustment screw attached to bracket and pump, and the fourth (The Bolt) is a long bolt attaching pump and brackets to the block is the one giving me trouble.
The Bolt: Looking from front it has visible threads on its end and is about 6 inches long, with a 9/16 nut (not a bolt head). After the nut, The Bolt travels through first hole in pump, after which you can see the bolt without threads (here you can see if it is turning), then it travels through second hold in the p/s pump, through a 1" metal bushing, through the cooler bracket and into the block.
Attempts: Obviously, when I attempt to remove the nut closest to the front, the nut moves but the bolt does not, so the nut is free to just come off. To get the bolt to turn, I attach a second nut to the bolt and tighten it against the first nut so it (hopefully) will not move, but the bolt will move instead. It works, but is very, very tight and I can only get the bolt to back out one full rotation before I cannot budge it anymore. Using lots of penetrating oil and I have removed the "adjustment nut" to make sure it was not causing The Bolt to bind. I cannot get The Bolt out.
Stumped: I'm assuming that The Bolt is threaded into the block, so does that mean that it has threads at both ends? (So really a big stud, not a bolt? Why the heck would someone do that?). Are the two holes on the pump itself threaded, or is The Bolt just going through them? Here is the most odd part: I was able to loosen the bolt one full turn, and there is enough play now that the pump can be moved up and down and the pump, the bushing and the cooler bracket are loose enough to jiggle, move and turn freely at the block. It seems like what is "frozen" is The Bolt where it goes through the closest hold in the pump, not at the block?
Thoughts please?